Assembly Actions -
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Jun 19, 2014 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1597 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 16, 2014 |
print number 2518b |
Jun 16, 2014 |
amend and recommit to codes |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to codes |
Jun 13, 2013 |
print number 2518a |
Jun 13, 2013 |
amend (t) and recommit to codes |
Jan 18, 2013 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2518A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2013-S2518 - Details
2013-S2518 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2518 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to aggravated sexual contact in the first degree PURPOSE: To create the penalty of aggravated sexual contact in the third degree as a class B felony SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new section 130.73 of the penal law creating aggravated sexual contact in the first degree. EXISTING LAW: The acts covered under this new law currently only carry misdemeanor punishments, this law seeks to codify these acts in its own section of law and raise the penalty to a felony level. JUSTIFICATION:. A recent Court of Appeals decision allowed a chronic pervert who masturbated on three subway riders off without prison time. Although the District Attorney sought felony charges, the state's highest court threw out the felony charges because there was no proof the victim felt threatened with violence, resulting in misdemeanor sex abuse charge carrying a maximum of three months. These subway "grinders" as they are euphemistically referred to by law enforcement are sexual deviants who prey upon victims who are going about their daily commute and have no means of escape. This law seeks to raise these acts to a felony status and upon conviction under this
2013-S2518 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2518 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, KLEIN, CARLUCCI, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to aggravated sexual contact in the first degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 130.73 to read as follows: S 130.73 AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONTACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONTACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE TOUCHES, RUBS, OR IS IN CLOSE PHYSICAL CONTACT, CLOTHED OR UNCLOTHED, TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRATIFYING SEXUAL DESIRE BY THE ACTOR, AS WELL AS THE EMISSION OF EJACULATE BY THE ACTOR UPON ANY PART OF THE VICTIM: 1. WHEN THE OTHER PERSON IS INCAPABLE OF CONSENT BY REASON OF BEING PHYSICALLY HELPLESS, POWERLESS TO MOVE OR WHILE A PASSENGER ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; OR 2. WHEN THE OTHER PERSON IS LESS THAN ELEVEN YEARS OLD. AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONTACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS B FELONY. S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 168-a of the correction law, as amended by chapter 405 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (i) a conviction of or a conviction for an attempt to commit any of the provisions of sections 120.70, 130.20, 130.25, 130.30, 130.40, 130.45, 130.60, 130.73, 230.34, 250.50, 255.25, 255.26 and 255.27 or article two hundred sixty-three of the penal law, or section 135.05, 135.10, 135.20 or 135.25 of such law relating to kidnapping offenses, provided the victim of such kidnapping or related offense is less than seventeen years old and the offender is not the parent of the victim, or section 230.04, where the person patronized is in fact less than seven- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01282-01-3
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2013-S2518A - Details
2013-S2518A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2518A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation PURPOSE: To create the penalty of aggravated sexual contact in the third degree as a class B felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new subdivision 2-a to 130.65 of the penal law creating aggravated sexual contact in the first degree when a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation. EXISTING LAW: The acts covered under this new law currently only carry misdemeanor punishments, this law seeks to spell out these acts as a specific felony when committed on public transportation. Makes it a class D felony. JUSTIFICATION: A recent Court of Appeals decision allowed a chronic pervert who masturbated on three subway riders off without prison time. Although the District Attorney sought felony charges, the state's highest court threw out the felony charges because there was no proof the victim felt threatened with violence, resulting in only a misdemeanor sex abuse charge carrying a maximum of three months.
2013-S2518A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2518--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, KLEIN, CARLUCCI, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 130.65 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 2-A. WHEN THE OTHER PERSON IS INCAPABLE OF CONSENT WHILE A PASSENGER ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; OR S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01282-06-3
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2013-S2518B (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S2518B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2518B TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation PURPOSE: To create the penalty of aggravated sexual contact in the third degree as a class B felony. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends section 130.65 of the penal law - making it sexual abuse in the 1st degree if a person intentionally comes in sexual contact and with the sole purpose of sexual gratification without the consent of the other person while a passenger on public transporta- tion. EXISTING LAW: The acts covered under this new law currently only carry misdemeanor punishments, this law seeks to codify these acts in its own section of law and raise the penalty to a felony level. JUSTIFICATION: A recent Court of Appeals decision allowed a chronic pervert who masturbated on three subway riders off without prison time. Although the District Attorney sought felony charges, the state's high- est court threw out the felony charges because there was no proof the victim felt threatened with violence, resulting in only a misdemeanor sex abuse charge carrying a maximum of three months.
2013-S2518B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2518--B 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, KLEIN, CARLUCCI, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 130.65 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 2-A. INTENTIONALLY, AND WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SEXUAL GRATIFICATION, AND WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OTHER PERSON WHILE A PASSENGER ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; OR S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01282-10-4
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